![]() ![]() Spanning four blocks, the Hannan Street precinct has been identified by the National Trust, and listed on the Register of the National Estate, as a significant turn of the century goldfields' town streetscape which extends over three street blocks and comprises one and two storey buildings of various styles of the period. Semaphore Chambers is valued by the Western Australian community as a distinctive element of the Hannan Street streetscape which is the most extensive, intact and significant commercial street representing the 1880s and 1890s goldrushes in Western Australia. Semaphore Chambers is representative of the third phase of construction on Hannan Street between about 18, when the timber and iron buildings were replaced with brick structures. ![]() The construction of Semaphore Chambers was a result of the successful exploitation of the Coolgardie Goldfields and the continuing development of Kalgoorlie as the major administrative and commercial centre of the goldfields. Semaphore Chambers is a distinctive element of the Hannan Street streetscape which, spanning four blocks, is the most extensive, intact and significant commercial street representing the 1880s and 1890s goldrushes in Western Australia. Semaphore Chambers is a distinctive building in the streetscape and contributes to the identity of Hannan Street. Assessment of Significance: Semaphore Chambers is one of the finest examples of the Federation Anglo Dutch style in Western Australia, with its elaborate upper gable and exuberant parapet line. ![]()
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